Posted August 15, 200717 yr I usually don't post stuff about music I like because it never gets any response :lol: however, I will make an exception, as I think everyone should know how wonderful this woman is. http://img478.imageshack.us/img478/2955/foreveryoupromodd7.jpg ZARD was a Japanese pop group under B-Gram RECORDS. Around the release of their third album, HOLD ME, all the band members had left except Sakai Izumi. ZARD then became the solo project of Izumi, writting all the music and lyrics herself. According to an episode of Music Station in 2005 ZARD has sold a combined total of 35,450,000 copies, making her the #8 best selling artists in Japan. ZARD was a highly renowned group in Japan, having produced some very popular songs since their debut in 1991. Their debut single Good-bye My Loneliness broke into the top 10 on the singles charts on Oricon, securing #9. Their next major hit came in January of 1993 when their 6th single, Makenaide, brought ZARD to the top at #1 and has since sold over 1.5 million copies. Around this time, ZARD became the solo project of lead singer and song writer Sakai Izumi. This quickly earned ZARD recognition at the Japan Golden Disc Awards of 1994. Another note is that ZARD's vocalist personally wrote the lyrics to every single song she sang except for a little few. ZARD has also performed several songs that have been chosen as Japanese animation themes such as Meitantei Conan (Detective Conan), Dragonball GT, and Slam Dunk. Since their debut, ZARD released 42 singles and 17 albums in total. Sakai Izumi's vocals are considered by many critics a high point of ZARD's music, which revolve around ballads. Sakai was diagnosed with cervical cancer in June 2006; the cancer went into remission, but despite this onset, in April of 2007, the cancer was on the move once again. On the 26th of May, while being treated for this cancer, Sakai fell three meters from a hospital staircase while returning to her room from a routine walk around the hospital. She was found at 5:40am. She suffered severe trauma to the back of her head (brain contusion), and on 3:10pm she died due to the cerebral contusion. The slippery surface of the staircase due to rain the previous day was blamed for her fall. Some rumors about suicide were being considered, but in the end probably discarded. an amazing woman, here are some of her hits: Makenaide kuY-Ap4OBdQ Good-bye My Loneliness D6bYCVlXfh8 TODAY IS ANOTHER DAY! X4B0LZEq5qQ not a lot of her videos are available on youtube, so sorry, but here are two videos of montages of many of her hits a6QPod1iD5Q LjCU2S-p_9s Edited August 15, 200717 yr by Exodus
August 17, 200717 yr Author it was, I remember feeling awful when it happened. There is talk it could be suicide, which is very sad :( This article makes a good read about it if anyone is interested: http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/waiwai/face/...0dm025000c.html
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